10 No-Cook Recipes To Get You Through The End Of Summer

These transporting suppers are easily accomplished in the home kitchen—all without breaking a sweat.

Better to not fight the dog day heat of August. Keep the stove off, the grill unstoked, and the oven in its early retirement by embracing fresh, heat wave-resistant dinners of cold soups, herb-studded salads and practically-instant sandwiches. We took a spin around the globe to see how hot weather dinners are done in the American South, sunny Spain and the misty tropics. These transporting no-cook recipes are easily accomplished in the home kitchen—all without breaking a sweat.

Thai-Inspired Lettuce Wraps With a trip to the deli counter for roast beef, you can make these fresh rolls that take a cue from Thai cuisine and then run in a fresh, non-traditional direction with ripe plums, mint, and a lively vinaigrette made with honey and rice vinegar. In place of the roast beef, try something similar with shredded rotisserie chicken, quick-pickled carrots and cilantro.